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Columbus plans to spend $2.5 million to install sump pumps in about 500 homes around the city. It's meant to reduce excess stormwater entering the City's sanitary sewer system.
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Floods, hurricanes and other natural disasters can devastate a town in just a few hours. But the impact on residents can linger for years in the form of...
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Heavy and prolonged rain this week caused flooding in many areas across Central Ohio. The Olentangy River reached a near-record high, Ohio State’s campus…
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Fast-rising water Tuesday morning engulfed streets and homes off Cooper Road in Northeast Columbus. Columbus firefighters sent rescue teams for more than…
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Dozens of homes in northeast Columbus had to be evacuated early Tuesday as flood waters swept into the neighborhood.Columbus Fire Battalion Chief Steve…
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When 78-year-old Jim Casto looks at the towering floodwalls that line downtown Huntington, West Virginia, he sees a dark history of generations past. The…
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Picturesque, and at times, worrisome.The Muskingum University dam holds back what locals call "College Lake" on the campus of the private liberal arts…
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Gov. Mike DeWine has declared a state of emergency in 63 Ohio counties due to heavy rains that damaged roadways in June.The move allows the Department of…
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The central U.S. just experienced the most widespread river flooding ever recorded there. Flood defenses in major cities largely performed well, but many smaller communities were simply overwhelmed.
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Nearly three quarters of Ohio’s counties have received a “state of emergency” declaration because of severe weather last month.Gov. Mike DeWine has…